From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 30 09:28:54 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA05019 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 30 Sep 1997 09:28:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA05014 for ; Tue, 30 Sep 1997 09:28:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA22969; Tue, 30 Sep 1997 09:28:40 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 09:28:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Reed Lai cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Cannot use F1 at BootManager In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970929223335.009c87d8@ms4.hinet.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 29 Sep 1997, Reed Lai wrote: > I install FreeBSD 2.2.1 into my 486-66 w/2 hard disks without trouble. > Then I reboot system after the installation is completed. The > BootManager displays follow message: > F1 ... BSD > F5 ... disk2 > Default: F? > I enter F1, but BootManager always echoes "F?". I try keys F2 to F5, > they are no problem. However, I can use F1 in installation period, but > I cannot use it at BootManager. Is there something wrong in KeyMap? I > re-install 6 times, even select a different KeyMap, but BootManager > always echoes F? for F1. How can I fix this problem? The problem is that FreeBSD is mis-detecting the geometry of your disk. To fix this: 1. Delete the FreeBSD slice from DOS FDISK. 2. Create a small primary DOS partition on the disk. 3. Install FreeBSD, deleting the DOS primary slice in the fdisk editor. 4. Booteasy should now work. Do you actually have any OS's on your second disk? If not, then you don't need the boot manager. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major